MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F225.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020000F225.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 225 hour GFS valid 9Z MON 11 AUG 25 Station: -37.77,144.91 Latitude: -37.77 Longitude: 144.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 135 SFC 999 147 11.9 8.7 81 3.2 10.2 14 11 285.2 286.4 283.4 304.9 7.09 2 950 564 9.9 6.3 79 3.5 8.0 358 28 287.2 288.3 283.4 305.0 6.32 3 900 1012 7.2 3.1 75 4.2 5.1 342 34 289.0 289.9 283.0 304.1 5.30 4 850 1479 3.7 1.1 83 2.6 2.4 332 34 290.0 290.9 283.0 304.0 4.86 5 800 1968 -0.1 -1.1 93 1.0 -0.5 325 35 291.1 291.8 283.0 303.9 4.42 6 750 2483 -2.6 -6.6 74 4.0 -4.2 327 36 293.7 294.3 282.6 303.0 3.11 7 700 3029 -4.8 -10.5 64 5.8 -6.8 330 34 297.2 297.6 283.2 304.6 2.44 8 650 3608 -7.1 -7.7 95 0.6 -7.4 324 36 300.9 301.5 285.7 310.9 3.28 9 600 4230 -9.9 -10.3 97 0.4 -10.0 308 39 304.7 305.2 286.6 313.8 2.91 10 550 4896 -13.8 -14.1 97 0.4 -13.9 311 35 307.7 308.2 287.1 315.1 2.33 11 500 5615 -18.2 -18.3 99 0.1 -18.3 315 37 310.8 311.2 287.6 316.7 1.81 12 450 6393 -24.1 -24.1 100 0.0 -24.1 317 41 312.9 313.2 287.8 317.0 1.21 13 400 7240 -30.8 -30.9 99 0.1 -30.8 328 47 315.0 315.2 287.9 317.5 0.73 14 350 8172 -38.9 -39.4 95 0.5 -38.9 331 46 316.3 316.3 287.9 317.6 0.36 15 300 9211 -46.5 -54.5 40 8.0 -46.8 313 54 319.8 319.8 288.8 320.1 0.08 16 250 10400 -53.9 -63.9 28 10.0 -54.1 299 62 325.9 325.9 290.6 326.0 0.03 17 200 11821 -55.2 -70.9 12 15.8 -55.4 292 53 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.01 18 150 13664 -53.6 -82.3 2 28.7 -54.0 285 59 377.8 377.8 301.9 377.8 0.00 19 100 16271 -55.5 -83.9 2 28.4 -56.0 274 32 420.5 420.5 307.7 420.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5479.17 m Freezing level: 801.11 mb = 1957.56 m = 6422.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 808.66 mb = 1881.47 m = 6172.72 ft Precipitable water: 0.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.02 % Est. max temperature: 16.77 C = 62.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.69 mb = 549.12 m = 1801.55 ft T: 9.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.19 C/km ThetaE index: 2.00 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.84 mb = 1337.52 m = 4388.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.43 C = 61.58 F Cap Strength: 6.29 C Lifted Index: 7.48 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.99 C Showalter Index: 8.01 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.90 C Cross Totals Index: 19.30 C K Index: 17.23 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 117.53 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.56 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11419.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.37 mb = 1035.48 m = 3397.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 324.1 at 34.6 knts Storm direction: 354.1 at 25.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 4.9 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: -52.1 tot: -45.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -15.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: -4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 63.00 m/s